Preview: Wycombe Wanderers v Coventry City

Wycombe Wanderers entertain Coventry City on Tuesday in their 35th league game of the season.

The Chairboys lost 4-2 at home to relegation-threatened Morecambe on Saturday.

It was a defensive horror show that saw the Shrimps take a 4-0 lead after only 52 minutes.

Gareth Ainsworth's side had previously been in sensational form with seven wins and a draw in their eight league games in 2018.

But when you concede four at home to a side in 22nd place you invite some scrutiny of your defensive record.

Wanderers have now conceded a whopping 50 league goals, 28 of which they've shipped at Adams Park.

To put that in context...

Since joining the Football League Wycombe have never conceded that many goals after 34 games in League Two.

In League One, they've conceded more than 50 goals at this stage just three times, the relegation seasons of 2003/04, 2009/10 and 2011/12.

Only one team in the division (Swindon) has conceded more league goals at home this season.

Tuesday's opponents Coventry have conceded only 28 league goals in total, the same number as Wycombe have conceded at Adams Park.

But never fear, thanks to a swashbuckling brand of attacking football, Wanderers score goals for fun these days, and remain in the automatic promotion places with 62 points, 15 points more than they had at the same stage last season.

They also have three good reasons to bounce back on Tuesday: (1) Saturday's horror show. (2) Chance to pull clear of 4th place. (3) The defeat at Coventry just before Christmas, a performance which left 700 travelling fans feeling a lot less festive than when they arrived.

Ainsworth fielded an unchanged starting line-up against the Shrimps and was still able to name only six substitutes.

The Blues' boss has no newly reported injury concerns and remains tight lipped about the status of the following injured players...